There is no birth, there is no death; there is no coming, there is no going; there is no same, there is no different; there is no permanent self, there is no annihilation. We only think there is.

If things were not impermanent, life would not be possible.

When you feel anger arising, remember to return to your breathing and follow it. The other person may see that you are practicing, and she may even apologize.

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)

Recently, one friend asked me, "How can I force myself to smile when I am filled with sorrow? It isn't natural." I told her she must be able to smile to her sorrow, because we are more than our sorrow. A human being is like a television set with millions of channels. If we turn the Buddha on, we are the Buddha. If we turn sorrow on then we are sorrow. If we turn a smile on, we really are the smile. We can not let just one channel dominate us. We have the seed of everything in us, and we have to seize the situation in our hand, to recover our own sovereignty.